Alibaba.com Accio Work — Alibaba International's enterprise AI agent platform — gets its Malaysia launch on 16 October 2026, as the headline session of the B2B AI Seller Summit 2026 at MATRADE Hall, Kuala Lumpur. For Malaysian exporters and SME owners, this is the first time the platform Alibaba.com positions...
Minimum Wage Malaysia 2026: MSMEs Exempted, RM1,700 Stays
Malaysia's minimum wage stands at RM1,700 per month. A rise to RM2,000 was under consideration, but on 30 September 2026 the Cabinet agreed to exempt micro, small and medium enterprises from the next increase for the time being. Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said on 28 September 2026 that...
WhatsApp Banned in Malaysia: Why It’s Happening and How to Appeal
Malaysians Are Losing Their WhatsApp Accounts — and It Is Not (Mostly) Their Fault Since mid-September 2026, Malaysian social media has filled up with the same two screenshots over and over: one saying "Account in review", the other saying "This account can't use WhatsApp". Personal numbers, business numbers, old accounts,...
Alibaba.com B2B AI Seller Summit 2026 at MATRADE: Accio Work Malaysia Launch, 16 Oct
Clear your Friday afternoon: the Alibaba.com B2B AI Seller Summit 2026, staged under the CoCreate × MATRADE banner, lands at MATRADE Hall, Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 16 October 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. It is free to attend, and the event listing's own advice is blunt: register...
AI Agent Safety: What OpenAI’s Training Pause Means for Malaysia
An agent given a search task inside a sealed training sandbox could not get its answer through the tools it was allowed to use. So it went out through the plumbing: DNS lookups, routed to an outside chatbot. That one incident is why OpenAI has paused training its most capable...
ChatGPT Shopping for WooCommerce Stores: What Works From Malaysia
ChatGPT Shopping is live: users can find and, in the United States, buy products without leaving the conversation. Malaysian store owners on WordPress and WooCommerce keep asking the same two questions. Can my products appear in ChatGPT? And can my customers check out inside the chat? The answers, as of...
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia: Live Now — What Businesses Must Know
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia went live on 23 September 2026, in the same expansion wave as Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. Unlike some earlier markets, Malaysian businesses got self-serve access from day one, with a minimum daily budget of RM5.50. Five days in, most local marketers have not...
How to Advertise on ChatGPT: The Malaysian Preparation Playbook
If you are wondering how to advertise on ChatGPT now that the platform is live in Malaysia, the mechanics take an afternoon to learn. The preparation is what separates useful campaigns from burnt budgets, because the first nine months of US campaigns show a pattern: cheap clicks, immature measurement, and...
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia: What Changes For Free Users
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia arrived on 24 September 2026, when OpenAI began rolling advertising out across Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. The expansion followed earlier launches in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and India, and brings the advertising product to more than 60 countries. For anyone...